Dexcool: Pro/con?

["R. Cummings" <cumm@flash.net>]

>Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:31:49 -0700
>From: "Andrew Buc" <abuc@ibm.net>
>Subject: Re: Dexcool: Pro/con?
>
>On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:00:52 -0700, only5kgt@uswest.net wrote:
>
>I hear that it doesn't have the heat transfer capability of the GOGK;
>long life/convenience is its only trump card.

Dexcool is Ethylene Glycol base just like Prestone et al so it has the same
heat transfer characteristics. I think you are referring to the so called
"environmentally friendly" coolant which has Propylene Glycol as a base.

I don't know if the heat transfer characteristics of proplene glycol are
different. I have been told that the environmental issue is also not so
clear as PG, while being less toxic to mammals is not as biodegradable as EG.

Bob Cummings
87 Coupe GT